CJ Jones

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Photo by: Jeff Harwell

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Frankfort, Ky.
High School:
Franklin County

Career Honors
• Academic All-MAC (2019, 2021)
• MAC All-Tournament Team (2019)
• MAC Golfer of the Week (Oct. 25, 2018)

2020-21 (Sr.): Academic All-MAC … competed in four of BSU’s six full-team events … managed a 75.75 scoring average over 12 stroke play rounds … registered two top-15 finishes … tied for eighth at the MAC Championships at Sycamore Hills for his second career top-10 at that event … tied for 15th at the Craft Farms Intercollegiate as Ball State’s top finisher … fired a season-best 71 in the final round at Craft Farms to finish with a season-best 54-hole total of 219 (+3).

2019-20 (Jr.): Competed in five events and 15 total rounds … season was cut short when the last four spring tournaments, including the MAC Championships, were canceled because of COVID-19 … managed a stroke average of 75.27 … had his best finish with a tie for 32nd at the season-opening Golfweek Conference Challenge, helping the BSU to a 15-stroke team victory … the win earned the Cardinals an initial Golfweek national ranking of No. 20, the program’s best ever … carded a season-best score of 68 (-4) in the second round of the event … managed four rounds of even-par or better for the season … posted a season-best 54-hole mark of 217 (+4) at the Trinity Forest Invitational.

2018-19 (So.): MAC All-Tournament Team … Academic All-MAC ... managed a 73.95 scoring average over 22 stroke play rounds … competed in seven events as part of the BSU lineup … led the Cardinals with two top-5 finishes – the Musketeer Classic (3rd) and the MAC Championships (T-3) … fired his career-best round and the lowest round of the season by a BSU golfer with a 65 (-6) to open the Musketeer Classic … finished the event with a career-best 54-hole total of 214 and was named MAC Golfer of the Week for his performance ... carded a 2-under par 70 in the final round of the MAC Championships … went 3-0-0 at the No. 3 position in the lineup to lead the Cardinals at the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play.

2017-18 (Fr.): Made his collegiate debut as an individual at the season-opening Wolf Run Invitational … competed as part of Ball State’s lineup at the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play in Florida, posting a 1-2-0 record.

High School: Qualified for the Kentucky high school state tournament six times … won the individual state championship as a junior in 2015 … a three-time all-state selection for Franklin County … won the Central Kentucky Bluegrass Conference championship and was the league's player of the year as a senior … named the 9th Region Player of the Year as a junior and was selected to the all-region team as a senior … on the junior circuit, tied for ninth at the 2016 Bubba Conlee National Junior Golf Tournament … tied for seventh in his 2016 US Open qualifier.